Tire pressures

[Finisterre]

A quick whip around the internet was unilluminating. It seems some run them hard some soft, some the same and some staggered. It seems to be suck it and see. I shall examine our tyres and stick another few psi in the rears for the sheer hell of it. Sounds like fun.

[Ewazix]

I've played around with the pressures on my non-RFTs and settled on 32F/34R, much lower makes it feel 'baggy' on the turn in, much more starts to make it unsettled on bumpy bends.

Tyres generally lose a minimum of 1 ft/lb per month, and need seasonal adjustment to take account of ambient temperatures. You lose/gain roughly 1ft/lb of pressure for every 10 deg F so they will be a few pounds down in cold weather and need a top-up.

Is that on 18's? I was disappointed in the handling and ride of my car when I had my RFTs on the manufacturer recommended pressures (33/39). I lowered to 32/35 which really made the car feel settled with less dramatic tramlining. Made a significant difference.

I've got 17" Falken 452s (not RFT) all round, they cured the epic tramlining I had from the OE Bridgstone RFTs.

[Adamski]

My 3 series had 225/55/16s all round. Recommended tyre pressure was 32F and 38R! They were non RFTs. I followed the guideline pressure and never had any issues. A set of rears lasted 35k miles. Not too shabby


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[AlanJ]

So I pumped the tires up to 30/ 32 as suggested, the were 33 at the rear and front right 27 left 28 made a huge difference to the handling, would have thought when I bought the car dealers would have checked this as only bought it 3 months ago

Not checked in 3 months.........!

[sars]

So I pumped the tires up to 30/ 32 as suggested, the were 33 at the rear and front right 27 left 28 made a huge difference to the handling, would have thought when I bought the car dealers would have checked this as only bought it 3 months ago

Not checked in 3 months.........!

Hangs head in shame, haven't checked mine since October........cannot be the only one.......and I know no one will sympathise if a use the girl card either